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Disaster we are in, the president doesnt talk about it anymore, he doesnt tweet about it. If the country was invaded by enemy force and the president left defense up to individual states the way he did with coronavirus, the president would be forced to resign. New rise in cases is not because businesses opened, the new rise in cases is because people have let their guards down and they have not been social distancing. No one is going to give the president the empathy, national leftwing media as you well know are going to beat him over the head with this nonsense because they are acting as though he is the cause of it when in fact, he is the solution. Howie joining us to analyze mollie hemingway, griff jenkins, in Los Angeles Leslie marshall, radio talk show host. Mollie, President Trump went to Briefing Room to tout creation of 5 million new jobs and he said this is incredible news and comeback from the horrible event that took place in china. They could have stopped it. Prevailing media narrative outrageous actions of china thats the president of the United States that didnt do enough to stop the virus. Mollie that has been the prevailing narrative and just in general the Media Coverage of this entire virus has been close to abomination, you might remember, they began by defense missing the threat of it and then they way overhyped the threat. Its a nasty virus but they made it significantly scarier and then ignored it during violent riots that destroyed cities and they are back to hyping it again. This really harms the ability of people to trust what they have to say when they see the screening from one extreme to another from the media instead of based in science that shows what the actual risk of coronavirus is. It is something that we have to deal with. When you hype it, you make it 5, 10, 20 times worse and at times you ignore it and pretend it went away, thats not a god way to build trust with the American People. Howie would you say since then its the dominant story . Griff the virus has been such a dominating story out there and, of course, we know how tied the two issues are but i will offer this and that is that the president may want to bring that briefing back because the death rate is lower its clearly surging in cases and so people want data which obviously isnt politicized. Howie leslie, when the president told Fox Business Network that he hoped or thought the virus would vanish it gave a lot of cnn and msnbc show chance to replay clips down playing it in february, march before a lot of people in media knew it would be large. What do you think of mollies point, the media hyped the impact of covid19 . Leslie sorry, disagree with mollie. Im married to a physician. I see the despair on him, a neighbor of mine is an er doctor. I feel like maybe the media should have overhyped it before because we wouldnt have so many people not Wearing Masks, not social distancing or leaders of different states making decisions to not have enough requirements. Look, texas is saying mandatory you wear mask, they should have done that before. This isnt a political thing. This is a statistical thing, if you look at new zealand, south korea and other areas in the world, if we had followed what they had done and states had followed what they had done maybe we wouldnt be at this point. A lot, howie, right now in second surge are the younger people who quite frankly when i will admit when was 20 thought it was invisible. Howie clearly. Mollie, pew Research Show that 56 of republicans say covid19 has been exaggerated and only 18 of democrats say that. How did we get such a partisan debate whatever the facts are about the deadly disease . Mollie well, id say the recent years provide context that helps explain that. Theres a consequence to the media decide to go just throw off any pretense of objectivity to become partisan actsivist activists and media sees as ally to help them accomplish Political Goals and conservatives look back, they didnt get 2016 right, they lied about kavanaugh, they lied about the russian hoax, theres no reason to trust them now when they are making claims that are filtered through the partisan prism where nothing is reported on whether it help or hurts donald trump. That has serious consequences and its something that many people in the media have not even begun to deal with. Howie leslie, the media dont make up numbers of new cases and, you know, you look at many states in south and west experiencing a surge they did not expect. The president tweeted this the other day, testing success gives the Fake News Media all they want which is cases and they dont hear from the fake news about deaths and the mortality rate going down. Do you think the press doesnt make that distinction . Leslie well, quite frankly, part of the problem, howie, a lot of armchair quarterbacks whether they are politicians or talking heads like me that arent scientists or physicians and if you talk to scientists and physicians there are a lot of people out there that are making assumptions based on death rate. The death rate is steady or not rising or even going down, thats good news but not necessarily and one of the problems with that as we know from the scientists is, look, its called a novel coronavirus, because its its new, its attacking any part of the body than any medical professional has seen. The press puts out the information and then others out there say, wait a minute, you said Something Different last week because its very fluid. Howie griff, let me ask you, we had trouble conservatives defending the president on and the 60 media gets coronavirus news most of the time. Thats quite a divide. Griff cdc, the doctors, experts were at the top you mentioned administration. M is preside 3 and 10, 30 thought they got it right across, cdc or local media, local federal governments and then the media. The administration should recognize in poll that they need to do a better job of getting out facts. Howie well, speaking of federal Health Officials fauci testified before Senate Committee that hes very concerned and said i wouldnt be concerned if we go up to a hundred thousand cases a day and that drew this response from foxs laura ingraham. Dr. Doom himself creating panic and undermining trumps agenda. Can we admit that hes working for bidens campaign, he could be, i dont know, joes running mate. Howie why has fauci been a lighting rod on the right . Mollie im not sure but somebody who has been inconsistent in his messaging and has responsibility back in march claiming that there was no need for anyone to wear a mask and now he says there is. That hurts trust, more than mig, hes a Public Health talking head. That doesnt make him an expert on everything and not somebody who has been particularly thinking through the downside that hes recommended. Hes not an expert when you keep children out of school or forbid them for entering school in the coming years, hes not an expert, anxiety, loneliness, economic ruin. I think the media have been a little bit too much focused on what he had to say without going to other experts who can speak to other issues as well. Howie leslie, briefly, neil cavuto pushed back on congressman andy biggs that dr. Fauci and dr. Birx, their time expired and they are spreading panic and hysteria. Spreading panic and hysteria . Leslie no, not at all. Senator rand paul kind of did that as well, shame on him because hes an md. If i go to the doctor and the doctor wants to tell me i have cancer, thats not good news, howie, but he or she has a responsibility to tell me that because it is a medical fact. The doctors and the scientists arent out there to give america a rosy picture of whats going on. They are out there to give america a factual picture of whats going on and interestingly, howie, who did the people run to when they get sick, the same medical professionals that they put down and poopooed in the couple of months. Former colleague, girlfriend of don, jr. Has been tested virus, herman cane, both in tulsa rally, cases like this personalize the whole debate going on because now its in the president s inner circle. The media debate, how did this become so polarized. The president versus the press on the russia bounty story. Anodized nonstick pan. We spent 35 years perfecting it. We put nonstick inside and out, so its easier to clean. We invented an inductionready, extrathick aluminum base, so it can take the heat. Then we added an edgetoedge stainless steel bottom, so its truly dishwashersafe. Most importantly, we made it for you. Anolon. The ultimate nonstick. Get yours at anolon. Com howie media has debate heating up with prominent republicans and conservatives urging President Trump to set an example. I wish the president put on a mask once in a while. Hes made the people around him afraid, ashamed, whatever word applies to each individual but applies to them not Wearing Masks either. Biden, everyone around him is tested, using the mask as wedge issue, political issue and using that as a way to attack President Trump. Howie the president changed his tone a bit in an interview with Fox Business Network. Im all for masks. I think masks if i were in a group of people and i was close. Blake i would wear one . I had a mask on and i liked the way i looked. Howie mollie, you have mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, dick cheney all saying wear mask, sean hannity taking a psa telling people to wear masks, why pundits are so proponent of mask wearing. Poll mollie its excessive and counterproductive. Its emerging they say but undetermined and its its totally fine per people to wear a mask and it might cause no problems but i think the media have overstated their confidence based on this and using it as political. Howie for many in the media and some on the right now its a symbolic situation. They would like to see the president set an example by putting on a mask. Leslie leader lead by example and this should not be a political issue. This is a social issue that we as society have the actually have not only the responsibility but the ability to get it under control and one of the ways is wearing a mask. Youre protecting others and perhaps yourself and if the president did that it would be a uniting thing, howie, it would say, look, we are all on this together, politics aside, im wearing a mask, you do the same. I honestly think that would make him look better to those swing state voters who are undecided. Howie well, he says he looked like the lone ranger when he put on the black mask. Let me turn to negative coverage of the president s speech at Mount Rushmore. Here is a little bit of that. In our schools, our news rooms, even our Corporate Board rooms, theres a new farleft fascism that demands absolute allegiance. Howie griff, the president also talked about a new totalitarianism and the mere reaction at the very minimum that this was not an appropriate kind of speech for the fourth of july, your thoughts . Griff well, the criticism, of course, certainly from the New York Times got the biggest headline saying it was dark and divisive, that was the headline yesterday and clearly there are many that criticized what the president said. Lets not forget that you have lawlessness in the streets where they are tearing down Christopher Columbus and tearing down George Washington, teddy roosevelt, lincoln, the statute here in washington all of whom where president gave speech and certainly missed an opportunity for reconciliation language. The point that he was trying to hit whether hit or not, im not sure, the point he was trying to hit that we need to protect the past statutes because of the significance that their story tells and example going forward. Howie mollie, youre looking at reaction, pete hegseth said it was a patriotic speech by the president , cnn, underrated call to arms for red america to blue america and allie said it was dark, disconnected, filled with apocalyptic rhetoric. Mollie what the media did is one of the most Disgusting Things in President Trumps administration, President Trump was talking about legitimate concerns of Political Correctness and about whats happening in the streets but also whats happening to culture that has moved away from freedom of speech, tolerance, freedom of expression. If this is viewed as controversial speech much less as darker divisive thats indictment of the media themselves and aligning themselves with the forces that are moving against freedom of expression, but regardless of what their personal feelings are they should report honestly and accurately instead of describing it in ways that are completely out of touch with the actual words that he gave. Howie mollie let me follow up what the president said, talked about definition of totalitarian. Leftwing cultural revolution designed to overthrow the american revolution. You dont think thats at least a controversial speech . Mollie i think that what we are seeing in the streets is tremendously controversy. We are seeing statutes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln being torn down or threatened to be torn down. We have people move against the founders of the country and principles in stages across the land and thats what many people find controversial. Standing in defense of america, standing in defense of American Values is not controversial but regardless of personal views they should report honestly and accurately and thats not what we saw in newspapers or in various tv broadcasts as well. Howie leslie, the headline in the Washington Post and one of them was trump pushed to amplify racism, republicans enabled him, i mean, the coverage of this speech and one yesterday on july 4th was so incredibly critically and negative and im wondering t gotten onesided. Leslie i dont know if its one sided or is that actually what those who are writing whether they are reporters opining what they saw because its what i saw. I did not see unity, i saw division. I saw no easing of racial tensions, i saw no easing of the fears that so Many Americans have including that have children with regard to covid19 and the spike in numbers. No idea for plan and hope and pathway forward from now into the future as i want to hear from leader and celebration of our great nation on its birth july 4th, thats not what we heard. It was doom and gloom, it was fearmongering and it was divisive. Howie all right, i think your position is very clear. It is a great nation, i will agree with that mollie hemingway. Leslie marshall, griff jenkins, thank you for joining us this holiday weekend. Ed henry, frequent guest of this program over the years is no long we are the network. Fox news ceo susana scott and president and executive editor wrote on june 25th they received a complaint about ed henry from a former employees attorney involving willful Sexual Misconduct in the workplace years ago. Henry was suspended, fox retained outside law firm for independent investigation and within 6 days they said based on investigative findings ed has been terminated. Ed henry later posted statement from his attorney who said henry denies the allegations referenced in the fox announcement and confident that he would be vindicated after a full hearing in an appropriate form. The attorney told me she had no further comment. Difficult people moment for everyone here at fox howie media controversy from the moment President Trump announced he would be spending part of fourth of july at Mount Rushmore, no social distancing and the president delivered in part cultural message. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statutes of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities. Howie joining us from the white house fox news correspondent mark meredith. Mark, substantial media criticism with thousands of people mostly getting together not Wearing Masks, dc officials said dont go down to mall for fireworks because of risk of coronavirus, whats the white house view of media criticism about the staging of the events and the size of the crowds . Mark the white house is making information out for people to make individual choice about cdc recommends and what People Choose or choose not to do. We heard the Surgeon General i think on friday that, yes, largescale events are a risk but if you have preexisting conditions maybe its not the time to go out. Similar what we heard in trump rally in tulsa. Obviously that got so much attention but the president s advisers said then that this is not the rally for everybody, but it is interesting that the president has made it clear he would be holding the events although we have not seen howie, any indication when the next Campaign Event like the rally will happen, we are still waiting to find out, howie. Howie right, is there an element of defying the media which the president loves to do not just Holding Events drawing thousands of people knowing full well theyll be criticism from the press but also in giving a speech on july 4th weekend on angry mobs and new left fascism knowing full well he would get battered on the press on the subject matter. Mark the president says he doesnt feel he can get a fair shake on the press. Yes, this has been add venue to do speech last night but the president did cover a lot of ground, american heros, history, executive order that theyll be doing guarding of american heros, honor people like harriet tubman, amelia earhardt, it was interesting the speech we heard last night on lawn was similar to Mount Rushmore. I thought they would have changed themes but they chose not to last night. Howie the New York Times has taken flag for piece describing it this way mustnt rush moor was built on land that donged to tribe and sculpted by a man that had strong ties of ku kluz klan. Cnn reporter calling this a monument of two slave holders, has the white house pushed back on that attack on Mount Rushmore . Mark they dont have a problem going to Mount Rushmore even though calls from native tribes in south dakota to tear it down. Theres no indication that the white house embarrassed going out there. Its not as controversial as Stone Mountain in at will nota. Mount rushmore holds more significance in American History and the white house thought this was the place the president could go and delivery symbolic message, either way he got his message out there, howie. Howie next on media buzz a lot more reporting on the story of russia offering bounties to kill american soldiers in afghanistan, but President Trump insists is a media hoax. Front page of New York Times is not the venue for discussing classified information. Rogue officer who is are imperilling our troops lives. Howie when the New York Times first reported that russia was offering bounties to taliban militants to Kill Coalition soldiers in afghanistan, President Trump attacked the story as fake news and Administration Officials have acknowledged that the cia circulated the information to other intel agencies and it was shared with our british allies while focusing on the leak itself. This didnt rise to the occasion and from what i hear and i hear it pretty good, the intelligence people didnt even, many of them didnt believe it happened at all. I think its a hoax. I think its a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats. Howie the times has since reported that the russian bounty allegations were included in written president ial daily brief back in february. President as you just heard still insist he was wasnt briefed on unverified allegation s. As pundits debated the issue and democratic nominee weighed in trump pounded on twitter, people do not understand Fake News Media hoax started to slander me and the republican party. Where is the shock for our troops . If youre the parent from the soldiers, hes cowarding i didnt know about it. Hey, the president wasnt briefed on this because maybe the intel isnt where it should be. I was briefed every morning before i got to the white house and then again, and the idea that somehow he didnt know or isnt being briefed, it is a dereliction of duty if thats the case. Howie Emily Compagno and philippe reines. Emily, how is he saying its hoax when Officials Say it was shared with the pentagon and including britain. Thats a question that Many Americans are asking because hoax is so loaded and i think theres ways to include would alienating the rest of the people that have questions, look, theres credibility and questions that come with single course reporting, that doesnt rise to the briefing of level of nsc without frankly calling hoax. The press is pouncing on that and saying this is Standard Operating Procedure from this administration when the white house is essentially under heat, what they do is redirect back to the medias voracity. Howie philippe, the president and the white house continue to insist that the president was not briefed on this matter by which they mean not verbally informed in the oval office but they have been careful not to deny that the times subsequently reported that the information was included in the written president ial brief. Howie, im hearing you very choppy, im not saying its a message of voidance but following up on emily, i would say the president keeps calling things hoaxes that his own administration, his own white house acknowledged are in existence, so whether he wants a debate about what was told to him or not, the media is correctly covering the parts of his administration including own White House Press secretary, the underlying intelligence does exist and its being debated. Now that if thats the process in this white house, then the media has very accurately covered what emily has said which is that that is out of the norm that you would not tell the president of the United States. The media very smartly had many people on from varying administrations including the Trump Administration that you dont wait until something is 100 , you dont wait until something is a fact, intelligence is about telling something when you have indication especially if its a threat to our forces. Howie okay. Well, emily, the press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany blaming rogue Intelligence Officers for leaking this to New York Times she says to undermine the president. And i understand their concern of classified leak, how do you simultaneous i will say that rogue officers are putting out this information, this is terrible and also that it was so unverified that it didnt rise to the level of briefing the president . Emily right, i think thats what Defense Attorneys do myself included which is throw a bunch of defenses out there and see what sticks. She did point to the fact that this administration has suffered frankly an average yearly criminal leak surge of 139 as compared to 104 compared to Obama Administration of 39. That is that is worthy of our attention and acknowledgment. Youre absolutely right that its difficult for americans to understand that theres a difference between finished intelligence product that make its way to president of the United States or nsc and those single reporting which is in the process of verification. The finished products are the result of hundreds of thousands of essentially analytical horsepower hours and even then its still not finalized. Its never 100 howie philippe, let me say many conservatives dont trust who was a middleman, the paper says in getting russian payments and investigators found half a Million Dollars in cash in one of his houses but the president said this story was a phoney hit job. Philippe i dont know what that means. Phoney hit job from who from his own intelligence agencies howie no, by the press. Phoney hit job by the New York Times, yes. Have fox itself not confirmed this . I think it has. Fox itself has basically debated whether it reached the president so im not exactly sure what the hit job is because if it didnt if it existed but didnt reach the president , then thats something he should be having a conversation with his own chain of command about, about the flow of information regarding threats and intelligence. You know, its the boy who cried hoax too much that just because something doesnt go his way, i mean, a week ago he loved the New York Times when they had a bad michael john bolton review, so this is not helpful and the problem that the media has also highlighted is that he has not said a word about, okay, now that i know, this is a problem and this is something we will not tolerate and this is something i have made very clear to the russians that we will absolutely not stand for. All he does is complain he wasnt told and being factchecked by people like john bolton and you can question credibility given circumstances that he left you hes yelling at the wrong people. Howie philippe set up my last question, knowing this, even though its not 100 , why isnt the president speaking out against russia and demanding answer from putin, is that fair or unfair from your view . Emily i think its continuing the trend. I think its a Fair Assessment that the administration has not levied the tough approach that americans deserve, the putin and the russian country have administered and influenced operation and aggressive operations far before this administration came into power and will do and continue to do so far after. And the headlines have said, lookings he continues his silence, no wonder he would do anything for putin and calls it the new russian problem. Howie thats been the debate. All right, let me get a break here and a look at joe biden holding his first News Conference since april, will the press finally Start Holding him accountable . Howie joe biden held his first press Conference Since april and he made news especially with the last question from fox doug. I forget my train of thoughts from time to time, have you been tested for some degree of cognitive decline. Look, all you have to do is watch me and i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to that cognitive capability of the man im running against. Emily compagno, until that day joe biden had taken no questions from the press corp. In the month of june, 5 interviews that month to President Trumps 21, i understand the restrictions of covid19 but having the media why havent the media been insisting that he be more accessible to reporters . Emily i think highlighting the fact that he has been essentially paying attention to covid restrictions, theyve been supporting him in that way and i know too that theyve said that his campaign is still flourishing, they say hes rising with a less is more campaign. They are sort of using that to elevate the strength of his campaign rather than pointing out the fact that he has been incestable. Howie the Washington Post used that phrase. Some are embracing the biden in the basement strategy saying he continues to rise in the polls. Let me just get to my question which is arent we the first ones to demand that candidates talk to us because we represent the American People and holding them accountable . Philippe you are not only the first but tend to be the last but you all want a shot at him but hes been doing many interviews and i dont think whats funny is that the Trump Campaign is basing its strategy in parton hoping that joe biden will answer as many questions and that make as many gaffes as possible. What we never talk about two things, first, that every time the president opens his mouth or tweets hes the real gaffe machine, if they should be worried about anyone taking questions it should be him and not joe biden, but i would i would implore the media to remember something as we move on to the general election. In 2016 the last time donald trump gave a press conference was july 28th, he never did so again after july 28th all the way through the election, so if this criticism is going to continue, then it needs to be pointed out that he himself didnt do it. Howie except he did many, many interviews and he talks to the press all of the time. Emily, my question is this, what do you make of the fact that biden actually made news when he talked to reporters because thats how you make news in this environment, but at the same time the reporters were accused of mostly throwing softball questions at him, whats your take . Emily right, unfortunately it does disservice to all of us, the media call out from candidate biden and President Trump what their agenda will be or would be in the next administration. We deserve something to vote for and know what that is rather than voting against something. The press pointed out that President Trump portrayal of biden has, quote, has not worked because fundraising numbers have exploded in june, they say and that he is still again having the flourishing campaign, but the bottom line is its the medias role to call out tough questions so that we know who we are voting for. Howie i would say reporters substantive questions not really pressed by his position and what do you make and biden asked questions at socalled conference yesterday says President Trump where he read answers from teleprompter, that means he was given the questions just like crooked hillary, never have seen this before. Philippe. Im not sure you finished speaking but i got the jest of the question. That accusation considering that question he got about cognitive ability came from fox news so unless someone is saying that fox news was part of this crazy conspiracy to give someone the question, i dont understand yet again what the attack is, the attack is just for the cheer sheer action for making making e attack but the media is covering that attack isnt working but what the media should be doing that isnt doing and up until now they treated a topic of cobbing in addition and Mental Health as taboo and they have made it a central issue its incumbent upon the media, every network to delve into that and say lets look at their cobbing in addition but whats good for the goose is good for the gander and im not sure that donald trump wants to play that game. Howie great discussion, thank you very much. Facebook getting black eye from advertiser as Mark Zuckerberg changes course on policing network. Thats in the case sorry im late, everybody, and apologies for my appearance. You look fine. We were just talking about yeah, right. I look like a wanted poster. I didnt have time to get my beard routine in this morning, so. What beard routine . Ah. Well, the key is maple nectar. Gives it that sheen. Is there something wrong with my screen . Mnhmnh. Jamie, what are talking about . Youre right, alan. We should be talking about bundling home and auto with progressive, not this luscious mane of mine. [ laughs ] jamie, do you know what a beard is . Howie civil rights boycott of facebook is drawing media, more than 500 companies, starbucks, honda, coke have pulled advertising, Mark Zuckerberg will meet with boycott leaders as he agreed to put warning labels on some posteven though they are from president and other politicians. Brett larson, bret, why has the civil rights advertising boycott has been so effective and how damaging has it been to facebook . Bret pretty damaging, howie, its interesting to note when youre using facebook, youre not the customer, youre actually the product, facebook is selling you and your data and everything that youre doing, all the likes, all the pictures that you share, all the comments that you make, all the posts that you make, all the ads that you click on, all of that data is sold to advertisers so its interesting that now its the advertisers, all right, hold on a second, we are not going to have advertisements in line with all this other content that is being created by users if people are posting racist or hateful things, we dont want that to show up next to an ad for one of our products. Youtube had the same problem back in 2017, i think a lot of people have since forgotten about, where advertisers were saying, hold on a second, you cant have these conspiracy theory, these crazy hateful videos up and then have our ad be the prerole for it so you need to put restrictions in place so its good that the advertisers are stepping forward and saying enough is enough. Howie right, yeah, but under the kind of pressure Mark Zuckerberg has basically done a big retreat and resisted police and content and now slam warning labels on anything that incites hate speech or violence or voting suppression. Why did he change his mind . Bret facebook lost a lot of money in stock value, they lost over 50 billion, he lost billions of dollars in value from the amount of the company that he owns, so hes seeing the pressure, you know, when users decide, you know what, we are going to log off facebook for a month you need a lot of users to log on facebook for a month before they would feel the impact, when the advertisers stepped forward and say, at least for the month of july, thats going to hurt facebooks bottom line. Interesting Sheryl Sandberg said late or earlier this year that 8 million advertisers so theres a lot of people advertising on facebook and theres god reason for it. Its very effective and ive heard anecdotally a lot of brands struggle with this because facebooks audience is so right for picking and makes it hard to cut your ad budget to them. Howie right, right, journalists writing New York Times that shes deleting facebook account, deactivate it. Zuckerberg not making the left or the right happy because hes controversial, we are out of time, thank you very much for your help brett larson. Howie hope youre enjoying the mouth of july i celebrated by watching the movie hamilton, what a brilliant play, check out facebook page, we continue the conversation on twitter and you might want to listen to Podcast Media buzz meter, you can subscribe at apple itunes or google pad cost or now on amazon device. We are back here next sunday 11 00 eastern, see you then with the latest buzz. burke at farmers, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. Like how nice it is to save on your auto policy. But its even nicer knowing that if this happens. Or this happens. Or this. Or this. Or even this. Weve seen and covered it. So, switch to farmers and you could save an average of three hundred ninetyfive dollars. Get a quote today. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum new reaction to President Trumps july 4th message, with protesters not letting up. The commander in chief defended americas past, honored the military and blasted what he brands, quote, the radical left, marxist and the angry mob who he accuses of wanting to erase American History and tear down our country. Welcome to americas news headquarters. Happy july 4th weekend. Im eric shawn. Hey, molly. Molly hello, eric. Im mol lyn molly line. The sal